INFOWORLD: MS knee-jerk reaction to Linux’s threat could be self-destructive.

Linux poses a threat to Windows because companies such as
Oracle, Informix, Sybase, IBM, Corel, Dell, Intel, Netscape, and
others recently pledged support for Linux. Anyone with half a brain
knows these companies only had the nerve to support Linux for one
reason: They know Microsoft can’t risk retaliation as long as the
Justice Department’s case is pending.

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